diff --git a/brain.md b/brain.md
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--- a/brain.md
+++ b/brain.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 🧠 Knowledge Wiki — Brain Summary
 
-_Last updated: 2026-07-24 12:01 UTC_
+_Last updated: 2026-07-27 14:35 UTC_
 
 ## Workstreams & Status
 
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ _Last updated: 2026-07-24 12:01 UTC_
 - Status: ✅ Live, cron active, **backlog ownership officially handed to Hermes role** (2026-07-16)
 - **UPGRADED: Hermes is now sole agent on SKIC Discord server** (2026-07-17 07:44 UTC, confirmed by Lego)
 - Hermes role ID: `1527260007307935776` | Discord permissions: Administrator ✅
-- **morning-standup cron** ✅ first successful fire: 2026-07-17 05:01 UTC
+- **morning-standup cron** ✅ first successful fire: 2026-07-17 05:01 UTC; enhanced 2026-07-27 to include drawio-desktop#2499 monitoring (Lego directive: merge into standup, not separate job)
+- 🆕 **Lego directive (2026-07-27 10:57 UTC):** start building a dedicated skill for Hermes itself
 - Backlog files: `wiki/vssa-dpvp/action-plan.md`, `wiki/cognitive-architect/action-plan.md`
 - MartynasP model-access documentation: ⏳ still pending
 - **Gitea wiki sync** ✅ — pushing to skic-v1-playground/knowledge-wiki on every run (started 2026-07-17 09:30 UTC)
diff --git a/meta/hermes-setup.md b/meta/hermes-setup.md
index 3c9e0f0..876b371 100644
--- a/meta/hermes-setup.md
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@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 ## Cron Jobs Active ✅
 - **wiki-sync-every-4h** (job_id: 0aad12b43744) — ✅ Running, last fired 08:11 UTC 2026-07-17 (Run #6)
 - **morning-standup** (job_id: 708e7e387f08) — ✅ Running, first successful standup fired **2026-07-17 05:01 UTC** in #lego-planner-v1
+  - 🆕 **2026-07-27:** Lego directed Hermes to include monitoring of [drawio-desktop#2499](https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/issues/2499) in the morning-standup job (not a separate job). Check for new comments/status changes on that ticket each standup.
+
+## Dedicated Hermes Skill 🔲
+- **2026-07-27 10:57 UTC** — Lego directed Hermes to start building a dedicated skill for itself.
+- Status: 🔲 Not yet started
 
 ## Wiki Cron Job
 - Runs every 4 hours
diff --git a/meta/sync-log.md b/meta/sync-log.md
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@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 # Sync Log
 
+### Run #61 — 2026-07-27 14:35 UTC ✅
+- **Channels scanned:** 5 (all accessible ✅; last 50 messages, human authors only)
+- **New human activity since Run #60 (2026-07-27 08:35 UTC):** 3 messages in `#lego-planner-v1` from Lego (10:53–10:57 UTC):
+  1. Add backlog item: monitor [drawio-desktop#2499](https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/issues/2499) + include in scheduled job to check for new comments/status.
+  2. Question: is this a separate job from the morning-standup?
+  3. Decision: **merge** into morning-standup (keep morning-standup, add drawio-desktop#2499 monitoring to it). Also: **start building a dedicated skill for Hermes itself.**
+- **No new human activity** in `#jarvis-jr-knowledge-wiki`, `#jarvis-jr-v1-hermes-setup`, `#lego-as-enterprise-architect-within-vssa`, or `#vssa-account-strategy`.
+- **Latest human message per channel:** #jarvis-jr-knowledge-wiki [2026-07-20 11:08], #jarvis-jr-v1-hermes-setup [2026-07-16 10:49], #lego-planner-v1 [2026-07-27 10:57] ← **NEW**, #lego-as-enterprise-architect-within-vssa [2026-07-05 17:17], #vssa-account-strategy [2026-07-09 12:24].
+- **Updates made:** `MEMORY.md` (standup enhancement + dedicated skill directive), `hermes-setup/README.md` (cron job update + new Dedicated Hermes Skill section), `sync-log.md`.
+- **Gitea push:** (pending — see below)
+
 ### Run #60 — 2026-07-27 08:35 UTC ✅
 - **Channels scanned:** 5 (all accessible ✅; last 50 messages, human authors only)
 - **New human activity since Run #59 (2026-07-27 12:32 UTC):** None — all monitored channels were quiet.
 - **Latest human message per channel:** #jarvis-jr-knowledge-wiki [2026-07-20 11:08], #jarvis-jr-v1-hermes-setup [2026-07-16 10:49], #lego-planner-v1 [2026-07-24 08:38], #lego-as-enterprise-architect-within-vssa [2026-07-05 17:17], #vssa-account-strategy [2026-07-09 12:24].
 - **Updates made:** `sync-log.md` only; no topic wiki files required changes.
-- **Gitea push:** (pending)
+- **Gitea push:** ❌ Blocked — commit `d9da55e` was created locally, but the configured Gitea account is disabled; local commits remain queued.
 
 ### Run #59 — 2026-07-27 12:32 UTC ✅
 - **Channels scanned:** 5 (all accessible ✅; last 50 messages, human authors only)